Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP 2012)

March 16 - 19, 2012(Ended)

Hilton Washington
Washington, DC, United States

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) is a conference that covers topics such as:

Age-related changes in pharmacologic response, vulnerability to adverse outcomes
Disease management interventions: depression, dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar, sleep disorders, substance abuse and PTSD
Complementary treatment approaches and psychosocial interventions
Psychiatric manifestations of medical diseases
Ethical issues such as advance directives and end-of-life care
Strategies to enhance successful living in the face of medical comorbidity
Psychosocial and care needs of special populations
Models for the treatment of the elderly
Advances in basic science research in relation to aging
Late-life mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
Response to Trauma/Disaster in the context of aging
Practice management issues such as: getting started in practice, electronic medical records, reimbursement and coding
Family and caregiver issues related to aging and complex medical problems
Resources and initiatives to assist academic training directors maintain